Monday, November 25, 2013

Monday Links

It's Monday.  Back to the old grind.  Back to the old routine:

From the New York Post, the Sandy Hook shooter was "obsessed with Columbine" and other mass murders.

From Fox News, the wife of American pastor Saeed Abedini, who is imprisoned in Iran, says that she and her family are "devastated" that the Obama administration did not try to secure his release as part of the newly-signed deal with Iran concerning its nuclear program.  (via Jihadwatch)

From Fox Business, the deal with Iran appears to have caused crude oil prices to go down a bit.

From Life News, a report on the pain and regret felt by the fathers of aborted babies.

From CNS News, the TSA spent $900 million on behavior detection officers, whose grand total of detected terrorists is a big fat zero.

From the Mail Online, an Australian family claims, for the second time, the Guinness World Record for the number of bulbs in a Christmas Light display.

From TimesWatch, and maybe the "well, duh" department, Time magazine's Mark Halperin recounts that the media did not "scrutinize" Obamacare.

From Russia Today, a man in New York City has been arrested and charged with a hate crime for allegedly assaulting someone in a "knockout" game.

From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the 2013 hurricane season had the fewest hurricanes since 1982, and no major hurricanes for the first time since 1994.

From SFist, the five-year-old cancer patient known as the "Batkid" could not meet with President Obama, due to a scheduling conflict.  (via Independent Journal Review)

From Poynter, the director of USA Today has announced "except in very extraordinary circumstances" that they will no longer use photos coming from the White House Press Office.  (via Bizpac Review)

From the sleuthjournal, seven volcanoes around the world have erupted within a five-day span.  (Since the site uses all small-case letters in its title, I'll do the same when citing it.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, the effects of Obamacare on Middletown, New Jersey.

From Reuters, the dating site Match.com has been sued for allegedly using unauthorized photos to create fake profiles.

And from the Washington Post, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash) has become the first person to give birth three times while serving in Congress.

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